Number: 96-404
Title: Bosnia War Crimes: The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and U.S. Policy
Authors: Margaret Mikyung Lee, Raphael Perl, and Steven Woehrel, Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division 
Abstract: War crimes were an integral part of the 1992-1995 Bosnian war. U.S. and European policymakers felt a need to respond to the emotional issue of war crimes, but did not want to be drawn into the Bosnian war as combatants or policemen. The U.N. Security Council established The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in May 1993. It is the first international tribunal for prosecution of war crimes since the Nuremberg and Tokyo trials fifty years ago. U.S. policymakers are faced with difficult policy dilemmas on the issue of how to combine support for the Tribunal with progress on implementing the Bosnian peace accords.
Pages: 49
Date: Updated April 23, 1998